Show REST tt gfa JB 2 sr v A L alio departed arc taken to their last ilist ing blaco 1 a rs tokens of honor and alio country ton thousand people killed by a flood W We lo 10 ahe llor ll the last day w 1 ln cay hall gaites avre ly ho people alter 11 1 1 his morn iii aind li i of general bralit altna with the guards on p site i a plain wreath of oak ifal the shape grew OM in forests on mount and on the afternoon of thursday tho day he died little julia his granddaughter and little josie doctor douglas child had gathered tho oak leaves in alie mountain roads then as alie children prattled they knit with innocent fingers and loving hearts abo wreath of oak leaves thai today to day is the only tribute that touches tho generals casket the little ones when their offering was finished had taken it to col grant choso whoso eyes tilled hi daughter said popa bosis and I 1 havo made this for grandpa and please wont you rive it to him tho colonel placed alio oaken wreath on the casket and it rests and still remains as the childrens offering As four had passed alie strains of a dirge in music crept on the morning air at first distant they drew nearer and nearer the red deepened in tho past sunrise was near alio strains of music boyf and sad grew more distinct then alie bauo coated veterans of be mcado philadelphia strong camo tramping to tho dirac music pets tho cast was with tints of orange and the dawn was closer the dawn of the funeral day the veterans enterer the plaza and marched past muules drums timed their footsteps heavy puns boomed out toward alie sea alio chimes of old trinity pealed mournful tolls and abo bound of muffled drums grew fainter and then died away and nature was putting forth signals of an intensely warm day the crowds grew denser and denser around hie piazza tho mulled drums and trumpets marched in at one side and took po kitiona at alie east end tho players constituted alie davids island military band at general II ancock and staff tramped slowly into alie piazza from broadway and presented front to tho city hall and then moved to the end of the piazza in broadway chero they rested at this time members of the leiden kranz society filed up to the steps of tho city hall and led by four mentis sang ith impressive effect alie chorus of the spirits from over tho water and chorus of the pilgrims the honor guard of Kegu lara filed anto the open spare at 9 company A fifth artillery amder colonel W B beck and company infantry under major brown ahe regulars took a position beneath the trees opposite tho city hall and stood at rest then camo alio nal guard of honor thalmas on duty at mount mcgregor Mc Gregur and which alone should lift the remains today to day filing into the corridors of alie city hall they took their places beside the remain and staid there under tho command H johnson senior vice commander of grant poat of GA K of brooklyn at the imposing funeral car was drawn up by 21 2 1 jet black horses in black trappings it hated on the piazza directly in front of tho city hall steps inside the corridor commander johnson wag waiting columna in position right and left was liis command the guards af pf honor was erect lift the remains was alio command in clear tones tho twelve men stepped to the silver rails with gloved hands barcli Mar cli aras tb evord alie body moved upon alie portico with lie remains coin mander johnson ini mediately at alie head down tho steps willi tread across the open to the steps of the car commander johnson stepped aside the silver mountings glistening glisten ine as alio burial case and its honored bairden opre carried up and placed upon the dais on the mountain catafalque alie veterans retired down tho steps alio body was alone for all ts view but deeply guarded soon the honor guard next to the hearse on aither side took the bame relative position they had maintained to the remains while being borne to the car when alie arrangements were completed the leaders stepped forward led by colored men and in an instant the black line of horses had straightened their traces and thoi wheels bo benth the remains moving the hour was the band played a dirge tho tramp of tho regulars and the honor guard beat upon tho pavement while thousands beneath ahn trees and crowding the sides of the square looked silently upon tho black funeral car rolling over the curb into broadway Ero adway the black corridor Bof alie city hall eilent ni lent general grants last journey was begun all night long carpentere carp entera with saw and hammer were busy in broadway and when this roo sun climbed up out of sea and ched its bril biant ligan upon the park corners and UK alleys of the city it revealed tho presence of hundreds of hastily erected reviewing stand from which tho great procession could bo acen at prices ranging all the way from one dollar to ten dollars a head alie decora tora too had not been idle on alio frontain fron houses were displayed emblems of mourning which were not thero alie night belores be fores Ite viewing stands wore located in all sorts of places nearly stand along tho bouto had been gobbled udby some of were rented outright athera contained numbered seats to be for fi each when at i of os tr alc approached the hour of nine broadway presented an annii spectacle as far as the e e could reach the sidewalks were with people every train and every steamer poured great artery of 1 bronea farmers from abo country white faces irom tho city counting rooms and and dirty taw from the tene ment districts w crean the rogues nd gascala ra scala digua and poor each baries and other on the curbstones curb stones and side walks to be good and took the jostling and jamming as ft matter of course licad of thu 1230 p iii taic pro it cult ring drive the distance to alic park i two and one half allea the big marble hall af the fifth wa wai i completely choked with long before 8 in alic big pairlon up all was stir and bustle while the president and his cabinet ministers were at breakfast in ono end of the building and the grant family ivcec quietly preparing for the pageant at alic other end alic committees organizations anil delegation were gatli cring and getting ready lacre there and avery w in a quiet little parlor tt group of serious men klicin gray haired and old but nearly all erect and of vigorous physique were putting on broad silken sashes of white and black they were alio pall bearers and they were 1 striking group general yh ennan in the uniform of a U S general stood in friendly conversation altha tall man in whose white moustache chin beard and soldierly bearing at a glance the gallant confederate general from whom grant wrestled his first hard won laurels at fort donelson gen bucknor was in ordinary black citizens acsa a smaller man similarly attired at the end of alio room gray hairs formed a striking contrast to alic leonine man and fierce black moustache of gen logan with whom be vai talking was the famous general joe Jo linson at half past eight col hodges summoned the pall to their carriages alic preal llenos carriage draw six horses was called up to the door next but had fu llyone hoier lo 10 wait hie president had signified his intention of riding with bayard n an ik hia coming out an enor mcincrow 1 l which the police found it lo 10 manage gathered opposite the hotel entrance in street and yells of 11 ere they come went up every time a delegation came out the grant family were quietly in their parlors overlooking the fe quare strangers were rigidly excluded from the liall leading to their rooms sirs grant had not arrived and it was announced that ehe would not attend the funeral but had concluded to stay at mt mcgregor sho was reported by dr pnewman to ho still weak and ill though not confined to herbec the party path ered at the hotel ready to tako carriages for their position in parade when the column should have advanced so far as to permit their carriages to fall in line colonel and mrs fred D grant mrs sartoris air and sirs U S grant mr and mrs jesse grant mrs dent miss crainer Cro iner mr stephen L bority senator komero and mr WJ arkell bembera of alie party who from time to time appeared at the windows vin dows as the licad of the col uron up past the lintel were an object of general attention on the part of the multitudes gathered on the square p m of the procession reached the tomb in riverside park the catafalque passed twenty third street at one the hum of expectation that had proceeded prece eded it was settled as it passed by many heads were bowed and an old negro woman who had been pushed forward toabe curb and stood there wedged in essayed vainly to kneel tears streaming down her wrinkled face sho was bield fast by the crowd and could not stir on a single telegraph pole on the corner of broadway and twenty third street were perched not lesa than twenty eight spectators As soon as the caia falque had passed carriages containing col fred grant and his wife and his sister fell in and the mourners coaches fell quickly in line without confusion both mr cleveland and mr henl acks had tir edof the long wait after carriages stared at by the curious crowds till half past 11 and retired to their rooms in the hotel they observed the parade from their windows and did ain comenout come out till the catafalque passed the lintel their carriages had remained at the door almost the last carriage had into line at st when there fell in behind one containing an a broad cold band across his breasts two crutches stood up in the carriage beside aliu he proclaimed hia name an Gold scarf and announced his was major general daniel sickles following behind atio crippled veterans car ariage there trod a seemingly endless army with banners A bloody right sr louis aug 7 A dispatch from springfield alo bays that at an open air dance some four miles from that place last night a bloody fight occurred between cook ashbridge Ash bridga and win and joseph hoover on ono side and baxter dulin lemau alo mas and isaac messick inho other knives were the weapons faedi and the three last named we re litter ally carved to apices two of ini reported dead and tho third idy idys s ing ashbridge and the brothers hoover were arrested late in tho night and are now in jail people in the neighborhood are greatly excited over the event and fly eats of lunching lynching lyn ching are iii umer ous congo Affa lri panis august 8 i that persons entering the service of are obliged tin agreement to maintain strict si lenco regarding th estate of lualda in alt country the hostility of the natives prevents stores iram reach PP their destination the climate 13 deadly and there is only one doctor in the territory by COO milca in extent awful art Louia Aug 7 A braaf dispatch from nevada mo bays two dead bodies their cut from aarto ear were found on a byroad by road i miles from here tp day A inadi and a woman who were seen unloading tho bodies from a wagon last night are suspected of committed the deed and ft posse of citizens is now in pursuit of bliem Eat pact given everywhere new yom aug S froia the eastern cities indicate that tho day has been generally observed ev cry where large and imposing pro sessions cessions ces and services in tho churches the order of the day inmany places all tho dispatches peak of exten elve nod appropriate decora eions in honor of the obsequies of gen grant destruction SAN FRANCISCO aug 8 the ichona overland mail of july and 2nd baya a calamitous flood began a work of destruction june nineteenth anil devastated a part of the province of canton causing the of ten thousand whole village nearly ruining alic picc and ellk brors and destroying an amount of property and reducing a vast number of people to poverty and starvation the flood waa by the bursting of an embankment at botn mong from can tod city which was rapidly followed by breaks in other places within of canton and putting a large area of country under water canton doing in san francsco co SAN aug 8 business hedia heeia almost entirely suspended in honor of the grant memorial parade and all public offices are closed the draping of the city is complete and there is hardly a building public or private butoli at dis play emblems of mourning most of wan ali are exceedingly handsome the streets are thronged thron ged with people ing the starting of the groces won ys which about roan will ni ciarci arci at sunrise thirteen guns fired from each of the five military stations located in san francisco bay during the day a gun will be fired every half hour until sunset when a grand national salute of thirty eight guns will be fired england abad chica allidi aug 7 the Franc alte that an alliance lias acen concluded between great brit and and china for mutual in the event dfwar between england and kresia |